The joint ceremony was held at the Air Force Marshals School in the presence of the Minister of Defense Guido Crosetto and the leaders of the two Armed Forces. It took place today, Friday 19 April, in Viterbo, at the Air Force Marshals School, the joint swearing-in ceremony of the 26th Cadet Marshals Course of the Italian Army and the counterpart Cadet Course [...]
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by Editorial Staff This morning in the "Abba" barracks, within the "Cecchignola" military district, the rotation ceremony in the position of Chief of Staff of the Army took place between the Army Corps General Pietro Serino and the peer Carmine Masiello. The ceremony was preceded by the homage to the tomb of the Unknown Soldier with the deposition of […]
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162 years after its establishment, the Italian Army has organized a series of celebratory events aimed at consolidating the closeness of the Armed Forces to the population and showing the reassuring face of the State. Among these, there are the activities of the "Army Village" in Piazza del Popolo in Rome, which will begin today 29 April at 9 [...]
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During the holidays, the work of the Armed Forces continued both at home and abroad with over 12.000 soldiers engaged in the various operational scenarios, to protect national interests, international security and the main metropolitan areas of the country. On the national territory, as part of the "Safe Streets" operation, about 5.000 soldiers guard the streets and squares [...]
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The Senate yesterday definitively approved (with 196 votes in favor, 12 against and 2 abstentions) the law revising the model of fully professional armed forces. The provision contains the extension to 2033 of the deadline for the reduction of the total staffing resources to 150.000 units and the delegation to the government for the revision [...]
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The resentments between Serbia and Kosovo have by no means subsided after so many years since the war of the 90s. Over the years there have been many moments of friction, but last night the situation became very tense when the Kosovo authorities closed two border crossings with Serbia due to blockades [...]
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The open sea exercise 3 (MA22), the largest training event of the Italian Navy, began in the Mediterranean on 22 May. In the next three weeks, more than 4.000 women and men from 7 NATO nations and over 65 ships, submarines, aircraft and helicopters, will operate between the Adriatic, the Ionian, the Tyrrhenian and the Channel [...]
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According to Interfax reports, Moscow warns that it has used "another hypersonic missile against Ukrainian military targets". While 'The Kyiv independence' accuses the Russian military forces of having transferred "thousands of Ukrainian civilians" to "camps" where their cell phones and documents are "checked" and then "deported to remote cities of Russia". But on Telegram, the authorities [...]
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(by Francesco Matera) International analysts argue that Putin's strategy, on a global level, is to acquire extended spheres of influence in various parts of the world, through the establishment of "puppet" governments prone to the will of the Kremlin. After applying this new doctrine to several African countries, it is now the turn of Ukraine, where the modern czar of [...]
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Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini, in a hearing in the Defense Committees of the Chamber and Senate, on 8 February last reported on the crisis in Ukraine: "Italy could send up to two thousand soldiers, but further activities will obviously be subjected to parliamentary confrontation," together with any further moments of discussion in relation to the evolution of the crisis ". To […]
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General Precious: "Africa, a bedrock of instability"
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(by Andrea Pinto) Last week, French Defense Minister Florence Parly said during a radio interview that France is not forced to maintain its military presence in Mali at all costs. Open sources say that the transalpine government's decision to withdraw from Mali could be taken as early as the next two weeks. [...]
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"France cannot maintain a military presence in Mali at all costs". This was said by the French Defense Minister, Florence Parly, during a radio interview. "What we want is to be able to continue the fight against terrorism because this is not the end of the fight, terrorism is also conquering the border states of Mali", [...]
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The Gao Advanced Operations Base in Mali was hit by mortar fire from forces hostile to the French-led international coalition, which operates in the Sahel as part of Operation Barkhane. , there are no Italian injuries and the staff are safe. The soldiers of [...]
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Our country is present in Africa with the "Bilateral Support Mission in the Republic of Niger - MISIN" (with the geographical area of intervention also extended to Mauritania, Nigeria and Benin) in order to increase the capacity to combat the phenomenon of illegal trafficking and security threats, as part of a joint European and US effort [...]
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Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini, on a visit to London, met with UK Secretary of State for Defense Ben Wallace. The meeting, after the one that took place on 11 June last aboard the Nave Cavour of our Navy, allowed the two defense chiefs to discuss the international situation "at 360 degrees" [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Turkey and Qatar today have become the referents of the Western world in Afghanistan, their diplomatic and intelligence network is growing day by day within the country. Main objective: to counter, as far as possible, competition from China and Russia, the only countries, together with Pakistan, which have kept open the [...]
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(by Pasquale Preziosa - President of the Security Observatory - EURISPES) Overall, the Costs of War Project has estimated that 241 thousand people died as a result of the war in Afghanistan. Among them, over 2.400 members of the US armed forces and at least 71 civilians, as well as 78.000 Afghan soldiers and policemen and 84 fighters from insurgent groups. [...]
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The last flight of the Italian Air Force for the humanitarian airlift between Afghanistan and Italy landed at Fiumicino airport, carrying 110 people, including 58 Afghans. Also on board the ambassador Pontecorvo, the consul Claudi and the carabinieri of Tuscania. Pontecorvo explained that 120 thousand people were taken away from the town and, now that [...]
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In an era where computer violations and data thefts become more and more frequent and risk immobilizing the economic and social functions of a state, our country has equipped itself with a National Cybersecurity Agency, with the aim of protecting national interests. in the field of cybersecurity and [...]
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The "Esercito Sportswear" brand presents the spring / summer 2022 upcycling collection at the 100th edition of the event dedicated to fashion On 30 June 2021, the "Esercito Sportswear" brand will participate for the first time in the Pitti Uomo event with a dedicated stand in the space exhibition of the Fortezza da Basso in Florence. The paratroopers of the sports group of the "Folgore" Brigade [...]
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The multinational air exercise 'Falcon Strike 32' kicks off in Amendola in the province of Foggia, home to the 2021 ° Stormo dell'Aeronautica Militare. Until June 15, over 50 aircraft will be engaged for the impressive aerial exercise, including fighters, transport and refueling aircraft in flight and other support assets. For the first time in Europe, as part of [...]
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Islam, Islam, jihadism and many others are the terms that identify a global ideological-religious movement that in some extremist derivations has sworn death to the Western world inhabited by so-called infidels. A careful examination of Islam was made by General Pasquale Preziosa on the Eurispes website, an analysis that of the former Chief of Staff of the Air Force and [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) The US-China competition is global and every day reveals a strategic novelty in the different environments of confrontation, from the space to the economic one, from the geopolitical to the military positioning. In these days, writes The Times, the first images of a Chinese bomber have emerged, invisible to radar and capable [...]
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(by Mario Galati) In this month the bill S n. 650. on “Reorganization of the heads of the Ministry of Defense and related structures. Delegations to the Government for the revision of the operational model of the Armed Forces, in relation to the personnel of the Armed Forces, as well as for [...]
read moreAn Armed Force fully committed to national and international security Today, 360 May 4, the Italian Army celebrates the 2021th anniversary of its constitution, renewing the commitment of the men and women of the Armed Force at the service of the institutions , for national and international security, for the defense of citizens and their freedoms. [...]
read more(by Mario Galati) I often read in national newspapers colleagues who improvise themselves as military analysts and even more as experts in budgeting and military programs by writing about billions of euros spent on defense vehicles and infrastructures rather than building bridges and schools. Too much demagogy abused for a context, that of Defense, which deserves greater [...]
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Surprise visit yesterday to Kabul by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the day after Joe Biden announced the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan by 11 September. An inevitable decision for the American president, but probably made not without some stomach ache within his administration. According to some sources close to the House [...]
read more(by Andrea Pinto) Draghi has only one goal, 600 vaccinations a day to save the next school year and try to reopen Italy already in the summer. Now it's up to the new head of the Civil Protection Fabrizio Curcio to reorganize a car that had rusted over the months. Let's talk about putting an army back into the system [...]
read moreCompleted the instructional phase provided for by the agreement between the Army and the Air Force, eleven pilots of the Army Aviation (AVES) who have obtained the military helicopter pilot license issued by the Arma Azzurra. (by Mario Galati) At the time of Covid-19 in Italy as in the rest of the world, our way of living, working and above all of [...]
read moreArmy Corps General Nicola Zanelli took over from Lieutenant General Gilles Hill Today with a restricted ceremony due to the containment measures of the contagion from Covid-19, the Italian Army Corps General Nicola Zanelli took over the 'post as Deputy Commander of the NATO Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan, taking over from Lieutenant General Gilles Hill, of the British [...]
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The Chief of Staff of the Army takes stock of the situation and operational needs of the Armed Force The Chief of Staff of the Army, General Salvatore Farina, held a hearing before the IV Defense Commission of the Chamber of Deputies, drawing a picture of the situation on the current state of the Armed Force, on the [...]
read moreThe weather news in real time on the Forza Armata station, in collaboration with the forecast site www.ilmeteo.it “iLMeteo.it” and “Radio Esercito” will march together. The broadcaster's programming, in fact, is further enriched with daily updates on national weather forecasts, thanks to the precious collaboration with the meteorological site most consulted by Italians, iLMeteo.it, which provides the [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) In these midsummer days while the sun in the sky makes any outdoor activity almost impossible and part of the Italians try to return to a normality that in recent months seemed to have been lost forever, is causing so much sensation the news of a group of soldiers assigned to training, [...]
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Leonardo announced the delivery of the first of the two AW169 twin-engine helicopters for basic training for the Italian Army during an official ceremony held at the base of the 2nd Army Aviation Regiment "Sirio", in Lamezia Terme, in the presence representatives of the Armed Force and the Company. Delivery of the second helicopter is expected in the coming months. The introduction [...]
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The Training Institutes of the Italian Army in training In the next few days, for the duration of three months, about 1000 visitors to the Training, Specialization and Doctrine Area of the Army, coming from the Army Training Command and Application School of Turin, from the Military Academy of Modena and from the NCO School of Viterbo, will begin the joint exercise called "UNA [...]
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On 12 June 1999, the first NATO forces entered Kosovo on a UN mandate at the end of the Alliance air campaign that had put an end to the bloody inter-ethnic conflict between Kosovars and Serbs. For having contributed uninterruptedly for 21 years to the security and freedom of movement of all citizens of Kosovo, respecting [...]
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Since 1833, the Army Health Corps has always been at the forefront to save lives. The Army Health Corps, which draws its roots from the pre-existing Military Health Service of the Army, now celebrates 187 years of history and value demonstrated in the field. A long history in which the staff of the Corps has always stood out for self-denial, spirit [...]
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Maria Teresa Meli on Il Corriere della Sera interviewed the Minister of Defense, Lorenzo Guerini, on the Covid-19 emergency and on the contribution of the Italian military since the emergency began. The words of the Minister of Defense provide greater clarity on the commitment of our Armed Forces which, in silence, have never left the territory and are also ready [...]
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A Senior Officer of the Italian Army who was serving in the General Secretariat of Defense in Rome died yesterday. As reported by the Ministry of Defense, the senior officer of the Army was at his home due to health problems. Suddenly aggravated and urgently transported in an ambulance, he died during transport: he tested positive at the first [...]
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Since the first days of the Covid - 19 emergency, the Armed Force has made men, women, vehicles and infrastructures available throughout the national territory. The professionalism, the spirit of sacrifice and the commitment that in every circumstance have always characterized the soldiers of the Army, have been put at the service of the “Country System”. Already in early February [...]
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"When the going gets tough, the tough get to play." (by Andrea Pinto) The serious emergency situation in Italy has been managed up to now by the Government which is trying to do its best but which exclusively relies on the Civil Protection Department which is the institutional body of the Prime Minister [...]
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"The situation is serious, not to be underestimated" and there will be "an evolution of global diffusion for a few more weeks". Minister Roberto Speranza would have said this, speaking at Palazzo Chigi, during the summit on the coronavirus emergency in the presence of all the parliamentary forces. The news is reported by AdnKronos. For Speranza the goal is [...]
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Two RH-2016C helicopters of the Italian Army landed at the 72 ° Stormo of the Air Force of Frosinone to kick off the provisions of the agreement signed last November 29 between the Command of the Schools of the AM / 3rd Air Region and the Army Aviation Command (AVES). Air Force instructor pilots, the only Armed Force responsible for issuing the Military Patent [...]
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The collaboration between the “Celio” Military Polyclinic of Rome and the San Giovanni Addolorata Hospital is extended. The agreement, which provides users with the use of radiological examinations with the latest generation equipment, has already allowed, after the first three weeks of activity, to support the Regional Health System with 107 tests carried out in favor [...]
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This morning at the "Ferrari Orsi" barracks in Caserta, the headquarters of the Bersaglieri Garibaldi Brigade, the project launch conference for the twentieth edition of the "Flik Flok", the 10 km race, which wants to honor the march of the Bersaglieri to which it is dedicated, on 11 October. To do the honors [...]
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A winning and above all effective synergy the one that our Armed Forces expressed on the occasion of the health emergency, which became global, caused by the coronavirus epidemic. In a press release, the Defense Staff made known the words of thanks of the Chief of Staff of the Italian Defense, General Enzo Vecciarelli: "My thanks go to [...]
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This morning, in the square of honor of the "Oreste Salomone" Barracks, headquarters of the "Acqui" Division Command and of the 17th "Acqui" Volunteer Training Regiment (RAV), the Volunteers in a fixed year (VFP-1) 'Italian Army, belonging to the 3rd block of 2019, have sworn allegiance to the Italian Republic. At the ceremony, presided over by the Army Chief of Staff, General [...]
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In the year that ended, the Italian Army guaranteed its commitment in all operations under the aegis of the UN, NATO and EU to which Italy contributes, confirming at the same time its presence on the national territory through the "Safe Roads" operation, aimed at guaranteeing the safety of the major Italian metropolitan areas. To the more than 20.000 soldiers employed overall during the year, [...]
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(Francesco Matera) It was signed today, 29 November 2019, by Brigadier General Luigi Casali, Chief of Staff of the Command of the Schools of the AM / 3rd Air Region, and by Brigadier General Paolo Riccò, Aviation Commander of the 'Army, the technical agreement to implement an "inter-force" synergy in the training activities for the achievement of the Military Pilot License of [...]
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Task Force 44 yesterday in Iraq in Kirkuk ran into a rudimentary device known as IED during a training patrol on the street. 5 of the injured, 3 of which seriously, suffered damage to the lower limbs and one had to amputate part of his leg. The attack took place close to November 12, when [...]
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With the demolition of the #Morandi Bridge, the competition activity of a team of raiders, expert demolitioners, of the 9th Assault Regiment #Parachutists "Col #Moschin" of the #Army was successfully concluded. The Raiders were requested by the Extraordinary Commissioner for the Genoa emergency to guarantee the cutting of the stays binding the Morandi Bridge to the A7 motorway structure, [...]
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Thus in a press release the # Army comments on the affair that took place in Bologna between 5 soldiers and a Ghanaian waiter. "With regard to the publication in some media outlets about what happened last night in Bologna, the Army started all the necessary investigations, immediately making itself available to the intervening agents so that [...]
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Today we celebrate the 158th anniversary of the constitution of the Italian Army. The good wishes of the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella and the Minister of Defense, Elisabetta Trenta, could not be missing. Thus President Mattarella, in a message sent to the Army Chief of Staff, General of the Army Corps, Salvatore Farina: "On the occasion of the 158th anniversary of the constitution [...]
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The violence had been going on for five years. Sexual abuse of the daughter, now sixteen, who two months ago denounced her father, having him arrested. It is a 45-year-old soldier, now locked up in the Velletri prison. Against him the investigating judge of the court of Velletri Ilaria Tarantino, at the request of the prosecutor Rita Caracuzzo, [...]
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This morning the Minister of Defense Elisabetta Trenta, accompanied by the Chief of Staff of the Army, General Salvatore Farina, visited the newly renovated accommodations in some barracks of the "Cecchignola" Military City aimed at improving the housing conditions of the personnel employed in the “Strade Sicure” Operation in Rome. Minister Trenta, during the meeting with the [...]
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Today in the military base of "Camp RS", the Army Corps General Salvatore Camporeale assumed the post of Deputy Commander of the NATO Resolute Support (RS) mission in Afghanistan, at the end of the alternation ceremony with the outgoing Deputy Commander, Lieutenant General Richard John Cripwell, of the British Army. The ceremony took place in the presence of the Commander [...]
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The Army has ordered the use of all its specialized assets on call to deal with the bad weather emergency that has been affecting the whole Peninsula since the end of last weekend, guaranteeing immediate relief to the population affected by heavy rains and strong winds and the necessary support to local institutions in coordination with the Civil Protection [...]
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At the request of the Prefecture of Crotone, the Army intervened to restore the road system and constantly monitors the level of waterways at risk of flooding. Already yesterday afternoon, the 1st Bersaglieri regiment, stationed in Cosenza, has deployed several observation posts along the Tacina, Esaro and Neto rivers. Making use of the field lighting towers, [...]
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Cyber Defense, a highly topical topic, was the topic of the conference, moderated by Brigadier General Umberto CASTELLI, which was held today in the Aula Magna of the School of Transmission and Computer Science in the Military City of Cecchignola in Rome. There were speakers, both military and civilian, highly specialized in the sector for a meeting where [...]
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Quotidiano.net tells the story of an Italian army raider awarded the prestigious 'Medic of the year' medal, doctor of the year. This raider doctor who is not a doctor launches himself with a respirator and a directional parachute from 8 thousand meters, knows how to face a rock face in winter ascent, is a highly specialized diver and is able to [...]
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In the presence of the Army Chief of Staff, Army Corps General Salvatore Farina, the traditional ceremony of "Mak P 100" of the Cadet Officers of the 198th course "Saldezza" was held today in the Novi Sad park in Modena "Of the Military Academy, an event, the latter, which marks the hundred days left before promotion to the rank of Lieutenant of the Army [...]
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This morning the celebrations for the 157th anniversary of the Constitution of the Italian Army began with the deposition of a laurel wreath at the Memorial of the Fallen in the courtyard of honor of the Army Palace. Subsequently, at the General Military Hippodrome "Pietro Giannattasio" in Tor di Quinto, the military ceremony was held in the presence of the Minister of Defense, Roberta [...]
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This morning, at the council chamber of the Palazzo di Città, seat of the Municipality of Nocera Inferiore, the conference "Web Applications and the Italian Army - The new languages of computer science" was held, a training event organized by the Transmission Battalion "Vulture", as part of the training events aimed at promoting and enhancing staff training, and sponsored by [...]
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The swearing-in ceremony of the XX Course "Certa" took place today at the Army Non-Commissioned Officers School of Viterbo. The Pupil Marshals shouted "I SWEAR!" in the presence of the Army Chief of Staff, Army Corps General Salvatore Farina, the Commander for Training, Specialization and Doctrine of the Army, Army Corps General Pietro Serino, [...]
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Even during the Easter holidays, the men and women of the Army are at work throughout the Italian territory in the squares of the major Italian cities. 7 are constantly engaged within the national borders in guarding the territory and the main metropolitan areas with the “Safe Roads” operation, in collaboration with the police; about 4 thousand are [...]
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This morning took place the ceremony of oath of allegiance to the Italian Republic of the students of the 1st year of the Military School "Teulié". The solemn act, sealed with the traditional formula of "I swear", was emphasized by the presence of the Chief of Staff of the Army, General Salvatore Farina, the Commander for Training, [...]
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Last night the Army bomb squads from the Railway Engineers Regiment of Castel Maggiore (Bo) and the Divers of the Underwater Operating Group of the Underwater Command and Incursors (COMSUBIN) of the Navy neutralized and removed, with a very delicate and particular intervention difficulties, a World War II bomb found during the works [...]
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International missions in crisis areas, operations in support of and in synergy with the Police Forces, remediation of war remnants throughout the national territory, rescue interventions for the population in cases of public calamities and further support for the Civil Protection for the countryside firefighting, mountain rescue and weather-snow data collection [...]
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This morning the 74th anniversary of the homonymous battle, fought in the Second World War, was celebrated in Mignano Montelungo, at the Military Memorial, for which the city was awarded the Gold Medal for Military Valor and the Gold Medal to the Civil Merit. The ceremony took place in the presence of the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army, [...]
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It was signed this morning, in the Central Military Library of Palazzo Difesa, in the presence of the Army Chief of Staff, General Danilo ERRICO, and the magnificent rector of the University of Rome "La Sapienza", Professor Eugenio GAUDIO, the Convention for the activation of a degree course in nursing which will take place at [...]
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The Chief of Staff of the Army, General of the Army Corps Danilo Errico, learned the sad news of the death of the Chosen Corporal Domenico Tempesta, in a road accident along the A1 motorway, near Pontecorvo (FR), expresses sentiments of sympathy to the family members and an affectionate wish for a speedy recovery to the three wounded soldiers, on behalf of [...]
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The bomb squads of the 2nd Alpine sappers regiment, belonging to the Alpine Brigade JULIA, neutralized a 210 mm artillery project, dating back to the First World War, found on the eve of August 2017 following the melting of the ice. The strong presence of tourists in this period prompted the competent authorities to immediately activate [...]
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Despite the many problems it is causing us, the migratory flow that has been affecting us for years is making a decisive contribution to confronting us with some realities that cannot be evaded by Italy and that we obviously needed to focus on. Our relationship with what surrounds us, in fact, has often been mediated, in the last [...]
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